UK Digital Health Sector Strength & Opportunity 2015

Companies, Employment and Turnover

- 289 Companies
- £886m revenues
- 7,405 employees across UK
- 3.3% of employment and 5% of companies

Largest Segments by Employment and Revenue

1. Hospital Information Systems Includes secondary healthcare medical record systems.

2. GP information systems Includes primary healthcare medical record systems.

3. E-health Includes software and infrastructure to analyse medical and health big data.

4. Telemedicine Includes video consultation and remote monitoring of health parameters such as blood pressure.

5. Telecare Includes support and assistance provide using ICT such as fall alarms.

Together these 5 segments account for 93% of sector employment and 86% of revenue.

Growth Trends

Between 2011 and 2015 employment at a sample of 51 digital health companies grew at 28%, and revenue declined by 3.9%, using compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

Distribution of Employment Across UK

- Largest percentage of employment: 24%
- Largest number of companies in the UK life sciences industry: 3rd
- Largest employer of all the sectors in the life sciences: 5th

Includes companies whose main activity involves the application of digital technology to deliver health or wellbeing services and products. These companies typically provide software or other IT related products. Companies that earn most of their revenue from equipment are not included in the digital health sector but under segments related to the equipment (e.g. Producers of MRI scanners, laboratory based diagnostic equipment).

For More Info: www.lifesciences.ukti.gov.uk www.gov.uk/government/collections/bioscience-and-health-technology-database-annual-reports